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Current Status of Objectification of Four Diagnostic Methods on Constitution Recognition of Chinese Medicine

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Chinese medicine (CM) has thousands of years of experience in prevention of diseases. As for CM, people’s constitution is closely related to their health status, thus recognition of CM constitution is the fundamental and core content of research on constitution types. With development of technologies such as sensors, artificial intelligence and big data, objectification of the four diagnostic methods of CM has gradually matured, bringing changes in the mindset and innovations in technical means for recognition of CM constitution. This paper presents a systematic review of the latest research trends in constitution recognition based on objectification of diagnostic methods in CM.

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    Cong-cong Li, Xin-sheng Yan, Ming-hao Liu & Gui-fa Teng

  2. Hebei Key Laboratory of Agricultural Big Data, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071001, China

    Cong-cong Li & Gui-fa Teng

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Li CC drafted the manuscript. Yan XS was responsible for proofreading of the article. Liu MH and Teng GF revised and commented on the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version for publication.

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Supported by Hebei Province Key Research and Development Project (No. 203777119D)

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Li, Cc., Yan, Xs., Liu, Mh. et al. Current Status of Objectification of Four Diagnostic Methods on Constitution Recognition of Chinese Medicine. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 28, 1137–1146 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-022-3585-9

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